Movie star Leonardo DiCaprio and his Hollywood pals snapped up a grand’s worth of whisky on a secret trip to a Scots distillery.

The A-lister called in at Deanston Distillery in Stirlingshire with friends Kevin Connolly – of hit show Entourage – and Mars Attacks! star Lukas Haas.

Leo DiCaprio arrives at Home restaurant in Edinburgh

Leo greets his Edinburgh fans on his first visit to Scotland

Crowds had flocked to see Wolf of Wall Street actor DiCaprio as he visited the Social Bite restaurant project in Edinburgh last week. He also addressed the Scottish Business Awards and took in Edinburgh Castle.

And DiCaprio and his group arrived at the distillery after closing time to have a dram or two.

Deanston Distillery

Manager Peter Semple: “We had a call from one of the businesses we work with to say that a client was coming with some VIP guests. Mr DiCaprio arrived with a small group of friends. They were very nice and really interested in the way that we make our whisky.

Deanston single malt

“They enjoyed the tasting and seemed to be enjoying their time in Scotland.

“We are all still pretty excited about it now.”

It is understood Leo and his mates spent about £1000 on five bottles of whisky.